I Have Never Minded the Loneliness with Tim Renner - Feb 15, 2025

Seriah is joined by author, paranormal investigator and researcher, and “Strange Familiars” podcast host, Timothy Renner. This is a unique episode focusing on Tim’s new book “I Have Never Minded the Loneliness: Hermits and Their Stories” and related subjects. Topics include Tim’s previous books, the difficulties of authorship, the Gettysburg Hermit, hermit tendencies, public perceptions of non-conformists, the pejorative “loser”, local newspapers’ coverage of hermits in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mason Walton and a tuberculosis cure, the lost sweetheart trope, the so-called “Old Leather Man” itinerant hermit Jules Borgias, 19th century photography, William Woodruth, photo postcards, advances in early 20th century photography, “barefoot hermit” George Washington Gilbert, hermits as local tourist attractions, hermits’ strange preference for New England, the boots-on-the-ground investigation of hermits, a bizarre search for an extremely difficult to find hermit’s cabin remains, Pow-wow/folk magic and a suicide, Irving Castle and “John Smith”, ornamental hermits, Father Boreighe and Catholic religious hermits, PTSD after the Civil War, “John Stink” and his repeated false deaths, the Winstead Wildman and a bullet-proof Bigfoot, a UK researcher mistaken for Bigfoot, Charles Lambert and his psychic powers at finding missing people, Tennessee hermit Erasmus Hall and formerly enslaved “Uncle Henry” who handled all of his public interactions, Theodore Lamb and his “never minding the loneliness” the AppleTV movie “The Gorge”, the difficulties of non-fiction research, a hermit thrush [bird] leading to a hermit’s place, a UK snake-catcher Brusher Mills and Led Zeppelin, Charles Coughlin and “The Desert of Maine”, a piano/organ, William Pester “Nature Boy” cover songs by multiple famous artists ,Left-handed Charly and Teddy Roosevelt, 2025 as the year of the hermit, John Stink and his amazing story, Allyson’s upcoming book, Tim’s new stuff, and much, much more! This is a one of a kind discussion and totally worth it! This alone is reason enough off become a Patreon lol…

• Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast
• Outro Music is timeMOTHeye And The Spectral Light with Thisisnota Raga

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